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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
How to Raise Peonies.

All peonies love water, and principally
the hCrbaCCous sorts, which ought not to
lack it, not only from the moment when
the flower buds commence to form till
they have perfected their flowers, but
also from the beginning of August, con
tinuing until the rains of autumn, to
favor the production at the base of the
stem of strong eyes capable of yielding
vigorous flowers in the following season.
To secure the Towering of peOnies in full
perfection it is essential to place them in
very open positions, but where they may
not receive the sun during the hottest
part of the day. When the peonies have
become strong and the ground has been
exhausted by them, it is indispensable to
take them up and separate them, presery-
ing for planting portions having two or
three strong roots, and change their po-
sition; this operation should take place
every five or six years. As a general
rule, when the flowers become few and
diminish in size the roots should be trans
/ ferred TO fresh soil. In the case Of certain
! varieties it is beneficial, when the young
stems are rising in spring, to take away
/ the weakest, leaving only those which
/ are more vigorous. The propagation OF
peonies is easy. All of them may be in
creased by division, and the best time fol
this operation is when they commence tC
die down. A large plant may be cutintC
three or four portions, but it is important
not TO divide them into very small bits
as these are apt to perish during the sum
mer. Replant quickly and firmly, enrich
ing the soil if it is at all poor with well
decayed manure. After having put tn
peonies in the places they are to beautify
give each clump thorough watering
which will give them a god start in life
| -Amuteur Gardener.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar 10 females, at the lnYalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladics.
Dr. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription
is the outgrOwth, or result, OF this great
and valuable experience. Thousands OF
testimonials, received from patients and
from physicians who have tested il in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baffied their skill, prove IL to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure of suffering women. 1t
is not recommended as a cure-all," but
as a most perfect Specific for womans
peculiar ailments.
AS powerful, InVigOrating tonic,
Il imparts strength TO the whole system,
and TO the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendhges, in particular. For overworkcd,
"wOrn-out," rundown" debilitated teach
ers milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shOp-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being uneqnalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. IL
promotes digestion and assimilation of food,
Address. WORLDS DISP
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
Weed Ont the Flock.

This is the best season for classifi-
cation of ewes and disposing of the
poorest. BY this time a correct judg-
ment of the lamb or lambs reared by each
eve can be formed; and the weight of
each fleece is also known. The profit
ableness of q eve depends upon the num-
Der and quality of the lambs she raises,
her weight of wool, etc. One eve may
raise lamb while another loses hers; yet
the former will shear such poor fleece
that she is really the less profitable. The
loss of a lamb often occurs through no
fault of the eve. Nevertheless, prolific
acy is a desirable quality in eve. A
good eve property treated before and
after weaving, can rear two good lambs
without injury to herself. Some ewes
are better mothers than others.
1t certainly will not 5c profitable
to keep the inferior sheep through
next winter If the classification is
made now, the rejected class can be
made ready for market ON grass; which
makes the cheapest iiesh. Many farmers
will fiud the most profitable market for
these culls on their own farms. Truly
there is a prejudice among consumers
against aged ewes. But this is chiefly
owing to the fact that such are often put
upon the market in poor condition. A
lean sheep does not make good mutton,
/ whatever its age. 1t is not claimed that
! fattcning an old eve will make her yield
: the best mutton but it may be made
| good and palatable, When the ewes are
culled out every year, there will be soor
! no very old ones This is not the season
for the consumption of salt pork; and all
things considered, mutton will be a good
thing for the farmers larder.--Ameriea
I AgricdltrrdliSt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
narrowing Corn.

With the slanting tooth harrows all the
small weeds may be destroyed in corn
until the plants are six or eight inches
high, and without pulling up enough to
damage the crop. This plan is better
adapted to corn in drills than in hills.
1t is generally drilled too thickly, so that
the occasional pulling up of stalk by a
drag-tooth makes the crop better. If the
field is soddy or stony, and the corn be
planted in hills, it is possible that an en-
tire hill may be taken, and this would
leave too wide q vacancy on either side
But the adjoining hills would ear better,
so there would be little loss of grain even
in such q case.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

The great overruling superstitions of
China are, however, the fear of the dead
and the belief in Feng Shut. The latter
word means literally "wind and water"
and seems to typify both the good and
the baneful influences of physical phe-
nomena. 1t is the existence of these two
superstitions which really forms the bar
rier to progress in China, because they
interfere with the reception of foreign
ideas and the development of industrial
projects in mining, railway making, and
so forth Feng- Shut is defined, says the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Ningpo, as the
"path of the Great Dragon, who rushes
through the air Just above the houses,
spouting blessings in showers from his
nostrils. He flies straight forward, un-
less by evil chance he should strike
against some high building, in which
case he turns aside at an angle, and so
the houses beyond loose their share of
his blessing Hence the jealous care Of
the Chinese use-builders lest any one
should build house higher than his
neighbor, and the singular uniformity of
domestic architecture
The fear Of the dead leads TO the most
slavish form of ancestor worship, and the
first three weeks of April are specially
devoted to the service of the shades. At
that time every one visits the graves of
his relations with offerings, carried in
trays or in baskets. The cost of these
annual services and offerings TO the dead
| is estimated by Miss Gordon Cumming
TO be not less than thirty-two millions
sterling, all to propitiate the spirits OF
| those whose graves cover the country
and who are believed TO be powerful fol-
evil if neglected. The dead are ever
honored by the bestowal of new titles il
there is reason for distinguishing
: then. -.AN the Year Round.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

cures nausea, weakness OF stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructations OF gas.
AS soothing and strengthening
nerVine," Favorite Prescription" is un-
equalled and is invaluable in allaying and
subduing nervous eXcitability, irritabihty,
exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasIns
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 10 induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anX-
iety and dependency.
Br. Piercess FaVOrite PreseriptiO on
is n legitimate medicine carefully
compounded by an experienced and skilliul
physician, and adapted 10 woman's delicate
Organization. 1t is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless In Its
effects in any condition of the system.
"FaVOrIte Prescription Is a posi-
tive cure for the most complicated ana
obstinate cases of leuoorhea, or whites"
excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain
full menstruation, unnatural suppressons,
prolapsus OF falling OF the womb, weak
back, "female weakness" anteverson, re-
troYersion, bearing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion, Inflammation and liberation
of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
derness in oYaries, accompanied with in-
ternal heat"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
Why Does Paper Turn Yellow!

Professor Wiesner, well-known Ger
man savant, has been making a series of
very interesting and useful experiments
on this subject, with the result that he
now contends that the yellowing of paper
is due tn an oxidation determined by
light, and especially by the more re-
frangible rays. This discolorstion is more
striking in wood papers than in rag
papers. He also found that dry air is an
other most important condition for the
preservation of paper. One Of his con
clusions is very interesting, this being
that in libraries the electric light is in
ferior TO gas on account of the large pro-
portion of the more refrangible rays
present in the former This is au i'm
portant matter, and one that deserves
further inquiry. ChamJers's Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
THE oUTGRoWTH OF A VAST EXPERIENCE

HI pregnancy, Fnvorito Prescription"
is "mOthers cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common 10 that condition. IL
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
gcstation, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to-greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
0FnVOrite Prescriptions - when taken
in connection with the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laNa-
tive doses of DR.. Pieroe's Purgatiye Pellets
little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases. Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes can
cerous and scrotulous humors from the
@FavOrito Prescription Is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
under a positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that it will give satisfac-
tion in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bOttle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ricd out for many years. Large bottles
CiOO doses) $I.OO, or six bottles for
$500.
Tl3r- Send ten cents in stamps for DIT;
Pierce's large, illustrated Ircatise lUO
pages) on Diseases of Women.
\. 0a3 NIain Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuincness of Prof. Loisette's Memory
System, as it Is so strongly recommended by
Mark Twain, Mr.. Proctor, Hons w. w. Astor,
Judah r. Benjamin, DIR. Buckley, and others
For full details send for Prof. LIS prospectus,
at 237 Fifth Ave, New York. From II the Sys.
tcm Is taught by correspondence quite rs well
ms by personal instruction. Colleges near New
York have secured his lectures. He has had l0l
Columbia Law students, two classes of 2O encl
at Yale, 200 at Moridcn, 80 at Norwich, 400 nj
Wellesley College, and 400 Mt University OF
Penn. We cannot conceive how system could
rccciYe any Ei~her endorsement.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
THERE are about 100000 owners of farms in
this country


Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench."
Procrastination may rob you of time, but by
increased diligence YOU can make up the loss
hut II it rob YOU OF life the loss Is irremediahe
IL your health Is delicate, your appetite tickle
your sleep broken, your mind depressed, your
whole being out Of sorts, depend on IL you are
seriously diseased. In all such cases DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" will speedily ef.
feet genuine, radical cure-make n new man
of you and save you from the torture of lingcr
ing disease.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
Al HnNmaker,s Hints.

Mr.. Robert X. Tomlinson's essay on
cutting, curing and storing hay-princi-
pal parts of which we append-was
Judged TO be the best of eleven offered in
competition for Farm Journal prize
'If for hard-working or driving horses,
cut when about half OF the clover heads
are brown, or when the timothy is Just
past bloom. If for dairy COWS, idle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

When II is the old-fashioned blue mass, blue
pill sort, and insist ON using Dir. Picrce's
pheasant Purgativc Pellets" modern medi-
cal luxury, being small, sugar-coated granulcs,
containing the active principles of certain roots
and herbs, and which will be found TO contain
as much Cathartic power as any of the old
lent, drastic effects. The pellets operate thor
oughly but harmlessly, establishing perma-
nently healthy action Of the stomach and bow
uualcd
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
Ripe and Seedy.

"How are you feelingi" said the
cucumber 10 the peach.
"l'm ripe for anything" replied the
peach. "How are you ID fling'
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

Mrs. Annie Maupin, of Gasconade
county, Mo, is well-preseryed woman.
She is ninety-eight years old, can walk
two miles at stretch, and has seventy
two grandehilden.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

ROYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro
The best cough medicine is Plso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

Piles, hstulss, rupture and structure
radically cured. Book OF particulars 10 cents In
stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
tion, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
"Hnve You Heard Of IT."

A FACTORY has been built in Florida for the
production of wine from oranges
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

Two MILLION pounds Of dried sage leaves are
used annually In the United States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10

Marvellous Mrs G, f. SPRAouE,
,IEhi nlS of C1stdl, Mh writes: ~ troubled with
oAhIo'o weakness leucorrhea and falling OF the
nnoTnuc / L had to keep bed
uu6l good part OF the time doctored with an
k- army of different physicians. and spent large sums
money but received lasting benefit AT last my husband
medicines which 10
because preudlced against them and the doctors said
he would some Of your medicines would Try them b
Favote Prserpon also six bottles Of the DooyeTy @ & tof
Fnvoe Prescription and have been sound woman for four
was troubled she cured herself in short
time have had 10 take any medicine now Tor almost
four years
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-10
| The GREATEST
| EARTHLY Boon.
THE WRONG DISEASE.

Many us Women en- G on tnsd1 Iag gog
this they all present alike to and their
womb disorder The physician Of the cause OF
Pcrces Prescription, directed TO the
nstutng comfort prolongt
E1 Mrs. e. +. MORGAN, of No. II Lexington ST..
Ia PnYSIElNS East Boston, Mass, says; Five years ago
| FkIFn / Having exhausted tho skill of three phy-
IHttps sicians, completely discouraged, and so
could with difficulty the room
taking Dr. Pierces Fayorite Prescription and
using the local treatment In his Common sense
months was peecty cured and have had no trouble since
health had been restored and Offering 70 send the fun
ropS for TepU have received four hundred leers
In the treatment used,
earnestly advised them do likewise From great
letters of stating they
had
s5o required for the Medical Adviser and had applied the
mn bettAr already
, 1887-04-29

If it is not too long since school, a boy
will perhaps remember the principal
parts of a verb as to the meaning of
which his memory makes no response,
and a girls French becomes a remark
able for its absence from her command as
does her brothers Greek. The ''discip-
line" of the study, of course, remains,
but there is a suspicion that if the discip-
line by book had really developed any
natural capacity-which is, of course, the
end sought by any education, whether in
primary school or university-the out
ward and visible signs would be some
what more permanent. On the other
hand, what are the results shown when
the physical capacities are cult
vated5 Do the trained eye and skilled
hand slough off their requirements like
the weary brainp Undoubtedly the incest
touch and most delicate vision are only
retained by constant employment, but
ever in entire idleness of the developed
physical faculties there is a residuum
which never leaves their owner. A boy
who has learned to draw can never again
make quite SO bad q drawing as in his
studies; and drawing, be it observed,
opens wide the COR to all mechanic arts.
And q girl who has graduated at the
New York cooking school or the Wilson
Mission kitchen garden can never, by any
feat of forgetfulness, be an utterly bad
mistress or housewife.-New York Times.
, 1887-04-29

ACCORDING to the Salt Lake Tribune
coal has been found in this territory that
will coke splendidly and derives additional
value from this fact. The Tribune says:
If good coke can be made there it would
mean a reduction of three and four dollars
per ton in smelling, and that would make
a revolution here and in Idaho. 1t
would stop the shipment Of ores out of
this region; it would mean the employ
ment of several hundred men who are not
now employed, al increased Nmarket, a
general benefit,
The coal specially referred to is found
in the region along the Oregon Short
Line, which furnishes the transportation
facilities. But the coal measures Of
Wyoming are soon to become accessible to
several new roads, which in the course Of
time will not so much facilitate the carry
ing OF the coal to the outside markets, as
the establishment Of foundries, smelters
and works, which shall consume it here.
Where coal and iron abound, nature has
fixed the seat of industrial pros
perityi capital and enterprise will do the
rest.
, 1887-04-29

Two criminals under sentence of death
at Matamoras, Mex, escaped on the eve
of execution. One of them made his way
to California, where he committed several
Iobberies and killed two men. He has
recently been captured in Texas, and is
demanded by the Mexican authorities as
well as by those Of California, and an in
ternational question arises as to which
requisitiOn shall first be honored. Mexico
should have the preference by all means.
The United States can afford to yield a
point in a case like this.
, 1887-04-29
THE MOB IN THE TulLERIes.
The Story of a Sunday Afternoon Com
ecrt-"Pronigacy and luxury"

The Story of a Sunday Afternoon Com
ecrt-"Pronigacy and Luxury"
a most curious event occurred at the
palace of the Tuileries on Sunday after
noon, May 10, 1871. There was 4 grand
concert given there at that time under the
direction of the communard authorities
The proposed f'concours" was widely adj
vertised in the city, and every effort was
made to have it a grand success. As its
avowed purpose was q beneficient one,
the appeal made to the communard popu-
lation of Paris was a very strong one.
The attendance was large and a great
amount of money was taken in.
The concert was advertised for Sunday
evening, but there was an immense affair
in the garden of the Tuileries in the after
noon There were not less than 10000
persons present. There was Emusic with
its %voluptuous SWELL - the bands of a great
many regiments, and no less than 1000
musicians, playing and singing the soul
stirring Marseiilaise. But it was in the
evening that there was the greatest inter
est. The palace of the Tuileries was
thrown open to the public, and the great
horde of men, women and children went
through the gardens and defled through
the gorgeous and magnificent apartments
VI III PdldSS.
Though l knew all about the concert, l
did not deem it a fitting occasion to be
present myself on a Sabbath day; but /
sent one of my secretaries to see what
was to be seen and to report to me. He
stated that what he there beheld was a
most remarkable and interesting sight.
Ten thousand people filled all the apart
ments, wandering everywhere at their
ease, and examining into every nook and
corner of the vast palace. The comments
of the rabble were most amusing. My
secretary kept along with the crowd
everywhere, seeing all that was to be
seen and listening to all that was said.
Great interest conferred in the private
apartments of the empress. The gor-
geous belongings were everywhere COM
mented upon by the mob. The bath
room of the empress attracted great at
tention. 1t was represented as very hand
some, and as q marvel of luxury, beauty
and taste. 1t was surrounded by heavy
plate mirrors. The bath was cut out of
solid marble. The ceilings were covered
with rich blue silk velvet. The faucets
in the bath were of solid silver. All that
was seen was described by the commu-
nards as evidence of the profligacy and
luxury of the court, in the vast increase
of the taxes levied upon them. Not one
man in the crowd, it is safe to say, had
ever paid i cent of taxes in his life.-Ex-
Minister Washburn in Scribner's Maya
zine.
, 1887-04-29

LHThe ways OF the miikman are past tnd-
ing out" said a Brooklyn householder to
a reporter yesterday. 81 have dealt with
them for about fifty years, and l find that
l don't know oil their lodges yet"
whats new nowf' was asked.
"Well, it is something l just stumbled
across this morning. You see my next
door neighbor and l used to patronize the
same dealer. But about three months ago
l decided to try another whose driver came
around earlier In the morning. This fell
low came before we were up, so that the
girl had to set out the empty jar the night
before. Well, that new man had been
coming for about a week, when we began
to miss our milk supply. Somebody stole
it, of course, but we couldn't find out who
1t was. The Inilkman who had previously
supplied us continued to sell to our neigh
Dor, and as he came later than our man
we were forced to buy from him whenever
our regular supply was stolen. Well, we
stood It until yesterday, and then l decided
that we might as well go back to our old
dealer. We did SO. This morning 1 told
the new man that he needn't come any
more, explaining my reasons for letting
him go. Man alive, don't you know who
has been taking the milky he asked in q
tone of great surprise. No. replied;
who is tip why, the old milkman, of
course was his reply; that is an old
game that we all work when we can
Sure enough, he was right, as l found
out upon further investigation. But |
liked the fellows enterprise and l am
going to stick to him. New York Trib
ma